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Insights for the upcoming elections

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With a whopping 2223 candidates throwing their hats into the ring for the 2024 council elections grab your magnifying glass as we dive into the data compiled by our Co-Ordinator of Research and Policy Emlyn Breese.

  • 16 candidates found ineligible to nominate
  • 42 wards have an equal number of candidates and vacancies
  • 47 councillors will take office without a vote being cast
  • Ove 40% of the Stand for Council registrants have gone on to nominate for council
  • 95% of candidates have provided a vision for their municipality and their relevant expertise, as well as party affiliation.

What really matters to our future leaders? Well, they’re talking about green spaces, housing, governance and more:

  • 762 candidates mention “environment”
  • 730 “parks”, “green space”, or “open space”
  • 702 “development” (50 of whom said “inappropriate development”)
  • 453 candidates mention “housing”
  • 375 “governance”
  • 294 “kindergarten”, “kinder”, “early years”, “childcare” or “child care”
  • 282 “cost of living”
  • 274 “climate”
  • 150 “aged care” or “ageing”
  • 76 “maternal health”, “maternal child health”, or “maternal and child”
  • 201 used each of the words “roads”, “rates”, and “rubbish”.